1965 FORD 427 GALAXIE

Posted on August 30, 2024 by MartynL

Ford enthusiasts in 1965 may have been more interested in Mustangs and Fairlanes, but the 1965 FORD 427 GALAXIE surprised a lot of Ponycar and Musclecar owners on the street and strip! 1965 was a year of firsts and incredible accomplishments for Ford on racing circuits worldwide. No other American carmaker - and few European manufacturers - even came close to Ford’s seemingly unstoppable assault. Ford cars and engines prove to be unbeatable on the world’s toughest proving grounds: Dayto...

’64 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA: FIRST PONYCAR

Posted on August 2, 2024August 2, 2024 by MartynL

Contrary to popular belief, the first Ponycar was not a Mustang. Plymouth beat Ford, introducing its compact sporty car - ’64 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA: FIRST PONYCAR - a couple of weeks earlier! Plymouth introduced its Valiant-based, fastback ’64 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA: FIRST PONYCAR on April 1st, 1964, edging out Ford’s Mustang reveal on April 17th. A few months later in August, Ford showed its competitive 2+2 fastback. Plymouth may have beaten Ford to the marketplace, but it barely dented Ford’s owners...

RAM AIR V GTO – THE MYTH & THE MAGIC!

Posted on February 21, 2019 by MartynL

Like Chevrolet’s ZL1 Corvette and Buick’s Stage II Gran Sports, Pontiac’s Tunnel Port Ram Air V has been the subject of urban legends for decades. It’s all about myth & magic. According to Tom Nell, a Special Projects Engineer at Pontiac in 1971, “Pontiac’s Ram Air V or Mark V was the first Pontiac engine since the 1963 Super-Duty 421 to be developed around the concept of performance and durability, outside the realm of normal usage.” Many of the same high-performance engineers responsib...